Ascending to Immortality by Slaying Spirits

Chapter 62 - The Threefold Spiritual Platform
One day later, on the third floor of the Lingtai Secret Realm, eight sculptures of carp leaping up stood at the octagonal corner.

The third level of the spiritual platform is complete!

Lin Le internally visualized his supernatural inner landscape and shook out the precious liquid of qi and blood.

The essence transforms into true qi in the first level of the spiritual platform, is imbued with fire energy in the second level, and finally becomes even more intensely hot in the newly refined third level, fueled by wood energy.

Lin Le himself could clearly feel that burning sensation.

The scorching true qi was poured into the body, as if forging a body as tough as refined iron into an even more resilient alloy.

His strength continued to increase, and when the Qi and Blood Elixir was fully refined, Lin Le felt a sense of harmony coming from his physical body.

That's the peak for now.

Lin Le spread his arms and moved his body, feeling the immense power of 41,000 jin.

As Lin Le circulated his true qi, his hand appeared unchanged, yet it emitted a scorching heat that distorted even the air around him.

Qingli, dressed in brocade robes, looked at Lin Le, who had gotten up and started moving around, and asked, "Triple Tower?"

"Hmm." Lin Le pulled out the Sky-Slaying Demon Spear from the side.

"You humans are truly blessed with unique advantages in cultivation," Qingli exclaimed.

“Each has its advantages and disadvantages.” Lin Le practiced the Thirteen Revolutions of Dou Tian. “Your demon kings and demon emperors are born holy, and their starting point at birth is the end point of cultivation for some people.”

"As for us humans, even the children born to powerful beings have to start cultivating from the Qi Refining Realm, and it's not certain whether they have superior talent."

"Those are the offspring of the Demon Emperor and Demon King, they have nothing to do with us little demons." Qingli rolled her eyes.

"You're not?" Lin Le glanced at Qing Li. He could tell that Qing Li's bloodline level was not low, at least not that of an ordinary beast that had become a spirit.

"No, I didn't. My bloodline was enhanced when I reached its peak during the awakening process." Qingli shook her head. "If I had demon king parents, I wouldn't need to hide in this well."

"I see." Lin Le nodded. "Speaking of which, why were you hiding here?"

“In your words, a beautiful woman is a source of trouble.” Qingli pinched her fingers. “You know about that dragon in Dongbo Lake. It has three sons. The youngest one took a fancy to me, but I didn’t want him, so I killed him directly.”

"Oh." Lin Le suddenly realized, then asked in confusion, "Then why did you hide in the water veins? Wouldn't that have made it easier for him to find you?"

"Do you think I don't want to cultivate?" Qingli lightly tapped Lin Le's forehead with her finger. "My bloodline is related to water. Without the help of the water vein, cultivation would be quite difficult."

"Compared to hiding on the ground in fear all day long, I'd much rather reach the Foundation Establishment stage as soon as possible and kill that stinking dragon!"

As she spoke, Qingli gritted her teeth, revealing her fine, white teeth.

Lin Le's gaze couldn't help but drift towards those cherry-like lips.

Shaking his head, Lin Le calmed himself down. After killing the main culprit, he felt less violent and some other desires mixed in.

"How much longer until you reach the Foundation Establishment stage?" Lin Le asked.

Qingli put her hands on Lin Le's shoulders and said with a smile, "That depends on you."

"What do you mean?" Lin Le asked, puzzled, then quickly realized something and tentatively asked, "My yang energy?"

The only thing about him that the demon race would covet is the yang energy nurtured by his yang spiritual root.

“Oh right.” Qingli leaned closer to Lin Le’s face and breathed a sigh of relief. “My dear son.”

Lin Le turned her head and rolled her eyes. This joke was stuck, wasn't it? All she did was call out for her mother a few times in her dream and take a few sips.
Qingli hooked Lin Le's chin with her finger: "Good boy, give your mother a few breaths of yang energy."

"Stop fooling around. If you're going to give it to us, it'll be tonight. We haven't even replenished yesterday's supplies yet," Lin Le said, swatting Qing Li's hand away.

"See you tonight then." Qingli stretched, her whole snake bending into an N shape, intentionally or unintentionally presenting her "weapon" to Lin Le.

Lin Le turned her head away again, refusing to look. Seeing the blush creeping up Lin Le's face, Qing Li couldn't help but let out a silvery laugh.

"Hahaha!"

Whoosh, the white smoke dissipated, and Qingli transformed back into its snake form, disappearing back into the well.

'That fairy is really bold.'

Lin Le pursed his lips, circulated his true qi, and deformed his muscles and bones, transforming into a man about five feet five inches tall.

As soon as Lin Le stepped out the door, he felt several eyes on him.

'You found me?'

Lin Le narrowed his eyes, then quickly returned to normal; he didn't feel the weight of the gaze.

Given the things he had done, it would certainly have been necessary for a monk to investigate, but that wasn't done.

In other words, this was just routine surveillance.

'Have you set your sights on outsiders?'

Lin Le glanced around and quickly found the source of those gazes; they were all ordinary people, which further confirmed his guess.

This is a bit troublesome.

If the murderer cannot be found, given the nature of those corrupt officials, they will definitely try to find outsiders.

And it certainly wasn't just a test.

Lin Le licked his teeth with his tongue. Tu Shanling was dead, and the old fox from Baiyun Mountain would definitely not let it go.

In the past, when the imperial aura was strong, that old fox naturally dared not approach the county town. However, due to the conflict of the earth's veins and human control, the imperial aura has weakened. This county town is like a durian to him. Although it has thorns and is not tasty, its claws are also sharp, and it can easily peel off the skin.

According to his speculation, Wei Zhenshan and Xiang Lingchen must have reached an agreement. Although the specific details of the agreement are unknown, there is no doubt that the regular delivery of blood food was one of the conditions for maintaining peace between the two sides.

Since one of its offspring died, given the fox spirit's nature, it would definitely demand compensation, and that compensation would certainly be substantial.

Wei Zhenshan and Xiang Lingchen certainly didn't want to bear too much responsibility themselves, so the only way was to shift the burden onto people like him who were "outsiders" or ordinary people from the lower classes.

'Although I can estimate my combat strength to be at the seventh level, it's still not enough to wipe out the Xiang family.'

As Lin Le walked along the road, his body and clothes changed, and he shook off his pursuers in just a few breaths.

"Besides, it's just a small county town. The forces under Xiang and Wei's control are few and far between, and all of them are quite small. I doubt they can get many resources that are useful to me."

'Therefore, I need to find a powerful force to temporarily ally with and use their channels to exchange for useful resources.'

Looking at the gambling den in front of him, Lin Le walked straight in.

When Lin Le tried to enter, the two thugs at the gate raised their hands to stop him: "Entrance fee."

"Here you go." Lin Le flicked his finger, and a golden ring flew out, smashing the thug's head.

With another clap, the other thug's head sank directly into his chest cavity.

Lin Le slowly walked into the casino and began his killing spree, killing anyone he saw.

They're just a bunch of gamblers, and they go to gambling dens during the day, so they're probably all lazy and despicable.

After a short while, Lin Le quickly left with a package, leaving behind a chaotic murder scene.

Within the inner realm of the supernatural power, a total of sixty-four sections of lotus root dissipated and merged into Lin Le's spine.

(End of this chapter)